Brooklyn Public Library's New Logo Misspells 'Brooklyn'http://www.businessinsider.com/brooklyn-public-librarys-new-logo-misspells-brooklyn-2013-1/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:20:07 -0500Jim Edwardshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50fad4156bb3f7912c00003aJenSat, 19 Jan 2013 12:12:53 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50fad4156bb3f7912c00003a
Sorry, you lost me at "institution dedicated to formal English usage." My library is no such thing. At my library, I teach people how to use technology to have fun, work smarter, and generally make life better (yes, entertainment is a valid need in my book!) It's really a shame that the image of libraries and librarians is oftentimes more conservative and stuffy than the reality.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f89601eab8ea7138000001pg neighborsThu, 17 Jan 2013 19:23:29 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f89601eab8ea7138000001
Born 1947. This is how we abbreviated it all my life and still do: B'klyn.(the Bk abbreviation is more recent and visually too close to Bx for the Bronx). Are you bothered that an abbreviation is inappropriate for a library or do you think this is a new "trend"? It aint; I mean, it ain't.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f86238eab8ea9b3b000011teetopThu, 17 Jan 2013 15:42:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f86238eab8ea9b3b000011
Please, it's not misspelled.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f80bc56bb3f76b7600000bAWThu, 17 Jan 2013 09:33:41 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f80bc56bb3f76b7600000b
I remember addressing envelopes (and sometimes still do) using BKLYN, NY as city and state. It's acceptable, and if you're a true Brooklynite, you know this. If New York Public Library had NY Public Library, I'm sure we wouldn't be up in arms about it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f76287eab8ea0f7c00001aShellyWed, 16 Jan 2013 21:31:35 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f76287eab8ea0f7c00001a
Bklyn has long been an accepted abbreviation for Brooklyn, used for such things as addresses on mail and so on, for decades. Similarly, Bx is the Bronx and SI is Staten Island. Qns has been used for Queens, and NY for New York/Manhattan.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f6be926bb3f7fb0100001cbzonline123Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:52:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f6be926bb3f7fb0100001c
OOps, somebody is setting you up.